Captain axed for inaction over rape cop
April 15 2013 at 04:17pm
By SAPA
Cape Town - A police captain has been
fired for failing to take action against a reservist accused of rape, Western
Cape police said on Monday.
“This morning, the provincial
commissioner of the Western Cape police... validated the findings of a
disciplinary hearing to dismiss a police captain stationed at the Kwanonqaba
police station from the service for not assisting a rape victim after the case
was reported to him,” Lt-Col Andre Traut said in a statement.
In February, a woman went to
Herbertsdale satellite police station to report that a police reservist raped
her. Traut said the captain dismissed the woman's claims as not serious and did
not institute criminal proceedings against the alleged rapist.
“This behaviour is inexcusable and we
cannot allow victims of crime, especially those perpetrated against women, to
be treated in this fashion.”
Traut said the captain's name could not
be released as it was an internal disciplinary process. - Sapa
